Bertha Teague Classic Tidbits
Quickly: The nationally-ranked Oklahoma women's basketball team (0-1)
continues its non-conference schedule as one of four state teams competing
in the Bertha Teague Memorial Classic in Tulsa, Okla. this weekend. Oklahoma
State, Oral Roberts, OU and host Tulsa completes the field for the two day
classic that will be played inside the Donald W. Reynolds Center on
Friday-Saturday, Nov. 22-23, 2002.

Opening this year's classic will be Oklahoma State and Oral Roberts.
They tip off at 6 p.m., while the Sooners and Golden Hurricane take the
court at 8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 22. Saturday's action features Oklahoma and
ORU at 6 p.m. and OSU and TU at 8 p.m.

TV: Oklahoma's game against Oral Roberts Saturday will be televised by Cox
Communications in the Tulsa (Ch. 9) and Oklahoma City (Ch. 3) markets. John
Walls (play-by-play) and Rod Thompson (color analyst) will call the action.

Radio: Both of OU's games will be broadcast live on KOMA (1520-AM) and on
the Internet at www.soonersports.com. Brian Brinkley will provide the
play-by-play and Tara DeGiusti will be the color analyst for the women's
basketball radio network. Ed Murray will replace Brinkley for Saturday's
game.

Series Records: OU leads the all-time series with Tulsa (20-1) and ORU
(18-14). For year-by-year results see pages 8 and 9 of this release.

Coaches: Sherri Coale (Oklahoma Christian, 1987) enters her seventh season
at the helm of the OU women's basketball program. The Healdton, Okla.,
native directed the Sooners to their first Final Four and national
championship game appearance a year ago. Coale also has three Big 12 regular
season titles under her belt and owns an overall record of 113-74. (For more
information on Coale see page 3).

Kathy McConnell-Miller (Virginia, 1989) is in her fourth season at
Tulsa. McConnell-Miller has guided the Golden Hurricane to an overall record
of 39-49 in three years. Prior to Tulsa, she spent four seasons as a member
of the University of Illinois coaching staff.

Entering his seventh season as head coach at ORU is Jerry Finkbeiner
(Southern Nazarene, 1980). Finkbeiner has produced an overall ORU record of
82-90 and an 11-year head coaching mark of 268-106.

Tickets: Tickets for the Bertha Teague Classic remains available and may be
purchased by calling 918-631-4688 or at the ticket window at the Reynolds
Center on game day.

Oklahoma's Bertha Teague Classic Success
Oklahoma is 13-1 in games played in the Bertha Teague Classic. The
Sooners' only setback was a one-point loss to Southern Utah, 64-63, during
the 1996-97 campaign. Last year, OU defeated Tulsa, 75-52, and Oral Roberts,
73-38.

Who's Bertha Teague?
Bertha Frank Teague is the most celebrated female figure in Oklahoma
sports history. In her 43 years of coaching (1927-69) at Byng High School,
she compiled a 90 percent winning average with a win-loss record of
1,157-115. Her record included eight state championships, and at one time, a
98-game winning streak. She is a member of the Naismith and Women's
Basketball Hall of Fame.

Bertha Frank Teague Awards
Coach of the Year1967, 1969
Oklahoma Girls' Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame1972
Special Service Award given by the Men's Coaches' Association of Oklahoma 1975
National Federation of State High Schools Hall of Fame, first woman inducted 1983
Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame 1985
Naismith National Basketball Hall of Fame 1985
Given special recognition at the Olympic Festival 1989
Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame 1989
Received the Coaches Association Service Award at the Final Four 1990
Women's National Basketball Hall of Fame 1999

A look At Oklahoma
Oklahoma enters this weekend's Bertha Teague Classic with one
regular season game complete. OU opened the season with a 94-68 loss to No.
2 Tennessee in Knoxville, Tenn., as part of the State Farm Tip-Off Classic.

The Sooners were led by the double double performances of seniors
Theresa Schuknecht and Caton Hill. Schuknecht posted a team-best 27 points
and 12 rebounds in her first OU and ESPN outing, while Hill registered 11
points and a game-best 14 rebounds. Hill, a All-America candidate, increased
her school record for most double doubles to 27.

Freshman Erin Higgins also had a solid game against the Lady Vols as
she produced a career-best 18 points, hitting 4-of-5 threes, and all six
attempted free throws. She also added two rebounds, two assists and a
team-best three steals to her totals.

As a team, Oklahoma out rebounded UT, 44-41, but produced a 031.4
field goal percentage, hitting just 16-of-51 attempted shots from the floor.

A look At Tulsa
Tulsa returns nine letterwinners and three starters from a team that
produced a 17-13 overall record and finished fifth in the Western Athletic
Conference (11-6).

TU appeared in its first ever preseason WNIT this year. The Golden
Hurricane defeated Southwest Missouri State, 81-80, in Springfield, Mo.,
before losing to No. 24 Mississippi State, 92-66, in Starkville, Miss.

Fourth year Head Coach Kathy McConnell-Miller enters this season
with the services of senior Allison Curtin. Curtin, a University of Illinois
transfer, missed last year due to NCAA transfer rules. In Curtin's first two
games, she has averaged a team-best 25.5 points, 5.0 steals and 5.0 rebounds
per game. She is also shooting 50 percent from the field and 46.2 percent
from beyond the arc. USA Today tabbed Curtin as an "impact newcomer" for
this season. She is one of seven players named to the list. Others include
sophomore Cappy Pondexter of Rutgers, LSU freshman Seimone Augustus,
Connecticut's freshmen duo of Ann Strother and Nicole Wolff and Tennessee's
freshmen tandem of Tyesha Fluker and Shanna Zolman.

Candice Brewer, a 5-8 junior guard, ranks second on the team with
15.5 points per outing, followed by Alyssa Shriver and TaTanisha Wagner's
8.5 and 8.0 ppg, respectively.

Last year's OU-Tulsa box score is located on page 8 of this release.

A look At Oral Roberts
Oral Roberts opens its season on Friday, Nov. 22 against Oklahoma
State at 6 p.m. The Golden Eagles destroyed Arkansas Tech, 82-47, in their
only exhibition game of the year. ORU was led by sophomore Stephanie Clark
and junior Cori Williston with 15 and 14 points, respectively. Clark also
grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds.

As a team, ORU shot 55.4 percent from the field and 72.2 percent
from the free throw line. They also out rebounded Arkansas Tech, 43-15.

ORU returns eight letterwinners and three starters plus welcomes
nine newcomers to the program. The Golden Eagles went 13-16 last year and
tied for fourth in the Mid-Continent Conference.

Last year's OU-Oral Roberts box score is located on page 8 of this
release.

Common Opponents
Outside of the Bertha Teague Tournament field (Oklahoma State, Tulsa
and Oral Roberts) there are only two possible common opponents between OU,
Tulsa and Oral Roberts. Tulsa will face SMU and Hawaii this season, while OU
will play SMU in Norman on Dec. 21 and possibility face Hawaii in the
Hawaiian Rainbow Wahine Classic next week.

Opposite powers
With three games complete, two being exhibitions, Oklahoma displays
a new look as the Sooners are currently getting 53.5 percent of their points
from their frontcourt. In previous seasons, OU has had dominating guard
play as 71.1 percent of the team's points came of its backcourt a year ago,
compare to just 28.9 percent from its frontcourt.

The Sooner guards are contributing a solid 46.5 percent to the
offense this year. Look for the two to balance out as OU has some
outstanding offensive weapons on the wings that haven't warmed up yet. But
for now enjoy watching seniors Theresa Schuknecht and Caton Hill dominate at
the post. In three games, Schuknecht is averaging 21.7 points and 9.3
rebounds, followed by Hill's 12.7 and 8.0 boards per game.

Sooner-Hurricane Connection
Oklahoma sophomore Dionnah Jackson and Tulsa red-shirt freshman
Emily Jaskowiak has an extended history as the two played high school and
AAU basketball together before joining the collegiate ranks. The two
produced a four-year record of 102-12 at Parkway West High School. They also
guided PWHS to four-straight undefeated conference titles and a
second-place finish in the state tournament their senior year. Jackson and
Jaskowiak each earned first team All-State, all-district and all-conference
honors following that season.

The duo concluded their prep careers as two of the best to ever play
at Parkway West High as Jackson holds the school record for most career
assists and steals and Jaskowiak is the school record holder for most points
and rebounds.

Jackson also was recognized as the 2001 Missouri Player of the Year,
West County Player of the Year and Missouri-Shawnee Gateway Classic Female
MVP. In addition, she was also a two-time St. Louis American Fab Five first
team honoree. Jackson averaged 16.2 points, 6.2 rebounds, 5.2 assists, and
4.4 steals per game her final prep season.

Newcomers shine in exhibition action
Oklahoma played two exhibition games this season. In those two
games, OU's newcomers scored 120-of-192 points (62.5 percent) and accounted
for 51-of-97 rebounds (52.6 percent).

Sooners set career best in bertha teague classic
Four Oklahoma players have set or matched eight personal best when
playing either Tulsa or Oral Roberts in the Bertha Teague Classic.

Senior Caton Hill pocketed a career-high nine steals against Tulsa
when she was a freshman in 1999. Senior Stephanie Simon had a solid
performance against ORU last year as she scored a personal-best eight points
and grabbed five offensive rebounds. Simon also hit 4-of-6 shots from the
field, both career highs. Then freshmen Dionnah Jackson and Lauren Shoush
enjoyed their first performances in the Bertha Teague Classic. Jackson
dished out a career-high eight assists against Tulsa while Shoush played a
personal-best 19 minutes and attempted four field goals vs. ORU.

WNBA All-Star REturns to Sooner Program
Oklahom's a two-time All-American Stacey Dales returns to the court
this season but in a different setting for Sooner women's basketball. Dales
will team up with KFOR's and voice of OU women's basketball Brian Brinkley
as part of the Sooner Sports Television Network. Dales will serve as the
color analyst while Brinkley brings Sooner fans play-by-play action for five
selected games.

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